Stephan A. Thernstrom was a History professor at Harvard University.By Courtesy of Melanie Thernstrom Stephan Thernstrom, a social historian and strong opponent of affirmative action who taught at ...

Yoni Appelbaum: “The notion that people should be able to choose their own communities—instead of being stuck where they ...

Appelbaum: For a long time, that’s exactly what historians thought too. There was this guy, Stephan Thernstrom, who set out to investigate this, and thought what he had discovered, in all this ...

She is also the co-author, with Stephan Thernstrom, of America in Black and White: One Nation, Indivisible. Racial integration 50 years after MLK’s speech. A review of Intellectuals and Race ...

Stephan Thernstrom, 56, a professor at Harvard University for 25 years, is considered one of the pre-eminent scholars of the history of race relations in America. He has tenure. He has won prizes and ...

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Harrison Smith is a reporter on The Washington Post's obituaries desk, where he has worked since 2015. He covers people who have made a significant impact on their field, city or country — a ...

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